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there was a concern that latin america was moving to the left. it move further and further to the left in the 1970's and 1960's. this idea was cooked up between the economics department and the head of the usaid. they would bring chilean students and it was outside the mainstream of american economic discourse. all of the ivy league's had an economics department. they had this program to bring hundreds of latin american students to study under friedman and his colleagues. that had a tremendous impact on the politics of latin america because in the 1970's, there were teams of economies that were ready to work with those military governments that did not have any expertise. they formed a partnership with the military and the college students. >> how did you research that connection? >> there was a huge amount of research there. this research actually came out of the fact that i had lived in argentina for almost two years. i went there in the end of 2001 and my husband and i made a film called "the take." it was about the economic crisis that hit ar
there was a concern that latin america was moving to the left. it move further and further to the left in the 1970's and 1960's. this idea was cooked up between the economics department and the head of the usaid. they would bring chilean students and it was outside the mainstream of american economic discourse. all of the ivy league's had an economics department. they had this program to bring hundreds of latin american students to study under friedman and his colleagues. that had a tremendous...
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and when america understands the far left america is not going to agree with the far left. redistribution of wealth when i point that out it was what president obama, a candidate obama really believed people felt that hard to accept. today we see it happening. and i think the leadership that is going to come on a am looking to the 12th movement, the constitution, right now we see the republicans democrats are the two parties of the united states we're today are the way? does because democrats today are the true dominant parties does not mean either will survive another 50 years. i think we are undergoing a fundamental political realignment we're middle america is rising up, social security recipients are saying we want social security. we don't want to have to have rationed medical care, which is inevitable if we are going to take millions of americans and get them publicly funded medical care. i know many doctors i can see a couple of them in this room are personal friends. the next medical instrument will pick up is the golf club. the idea of all this regulation, the idea
and when america understands the far left america is not going to agree with the far left. redistribution of wealth when i point that out it was what president obama, a candidate obama really believed people felt that hard to accept. today we see it happening. and i think the leadership that is going to come on a am looking to the 12th movement, the constitution, right now we see the republicans democrats are the two parties of the united states we're today are the way? does because democrats...
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america will make an announcement tomorrow. the secretary-general of nato reports that in addition to the uk and usa, a countries have already made offers of additional troops and that other countries are likely to follow. it is often said that america and britain are fighting alone. this is wrong. excluding america and britain, the numbers of international coalition troops will have risen from in january, to the seven, 16,000 troops to around 30,000. i believe over the coming months, even more countries will respond. our effort in helmut will benefit. last year, totals were run 7000. now they will be above 20,000, three times what they were pitted our -- but they were. president karzai and his defense minister have assured us that not only 500,000 members of the new afghan national army corps will be deployed to helmand to be -- additional recruits will arrive for training in the next few weeks. so, mr. speaker, with the conditions i have met, i confirm we will move to a new force level of ninat 500. from late january -- a new
america will make an announcement tomorrow. the secretary-general of nato reports that in addition to the uk and usa, a countries have already made offers of additional troops and that other countries are likely to follow. it is often said that america and britain are fighting alone. this is wrong. excluding america and britain, the numbers of international coalition troops will have risen from in january, to the seven, 16,000 troops to around 30,000. i believe over the coming months, even more...
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america's most famous home. and explore the history, art, and architecture of the capital, one of america's most symbolic structures. a three-disk to bbb said, $24.95 plus shipping and handling -- three-disc dvd set. >> "washington journal" continues. host: i joined by shane harris, correspondent with the national journal. your november 14, 20009 cover story. what is a cyber war? we can imagine, but what is it really? guest: imagines that of a conventional war that would take place on the battlefield or the air or sea, what you are talking about and the context of cyber war would be two nations, or a group on behalf of nations, battling it out over the network, cyberspace, trying to assert dominance over computer systems were using their computers to attack the network for critical infrastructure like electricity, power plants. duking it out of line to try to have real world consequence. host: talk about how it was used during the iraq war. guest: it started essentially in may of 2007 when the surge was just fig
america's most famous home. and explore the history, art, and architecture of the capital, one of america's most symbolic structures. a three-disk to bbb said, $24.95 plus shipping and handling -- three-disc dvd set. >> "washington journal" continues. host: i joined by shane harris, correspondent with the national journal. your november 14, 20009 cover story. what is a cyber war? we can imagine, but what is it really? guest: imagines that of a conventional war that would take...
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and work for america. but in the meantime, we're looking for ways that we can start reducing this threat right now. last friday i saw some of you at a white house stakeholder briefing i hosted with lisa jackson, the administrator of our environmental protection agency. at that briefing we talked about many of the steps my department is taking in this area from funding research on the health costs of greenhouse gas emissions to investing in communities to help them respond to climate-related disease to slashing greenhouse gas emissions in our own buildings. this is not an afterthought from my department. this is a key part of our broader public health strategy. more and more we understand that health is not something that happens just in doctors' offices. whether you're healthy or not depends on what you eat and drink, what you breathe, how you get around and where you live. a world that's heating up and powered by coal-fired plants that fill the sky with harmful greenhouse gas is going to have fewer health
and work for america. but in the meantime, we're looking for ways that we can start reducing this threat right now. last friday i saw some of you at a white house stakeholder briefing i hosted with lisa jackson, the administrator of our environmental protection agency. at that briefing we talked about many of the steps my department is taking in this area from funding research on the health costs of greenhouse gas emissions to investing in communities to help them respond to climate-related...